The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B E Woollard

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Private Basil Edgar WOOLLARD, G/17486, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 18th February 1917, age 19.

25th May 1897, born Bermondsey, London, SE, son of Harry and Louisa Emma Woollard, 22, Manor Road, Colchester, Essex.

14th August 1907, Christ Church with St Mary At the Walls, Colchester, Essex, baptism of Basil Edgar Woollard, son of Harry and Louisa Emma Woollard, 22, Manor Road, Colchester, Essex.

1911 Census - 22, Manor Road, Colchester, Essex - Harry Woollard, head, age 47, married, assistant to harness maker, worker, born Bildeston, Suffolk; Louisa Emma Woollard, wife, age 43, married 21 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Brixton, Surrey; Lawrence Wesley Woollard, son, age 19, single, printers apprentice, worker, born Bermondsey, London; Alan George Woollard, son, age 18, bootmakers assistant, worker, born Bermondsey, London; Ralph Clover Woollard, son, age 16, single, printers apprentice, worker, born Bermondsey, London; Basil Edgar Woollard, son, age 13, school, born Bermondsey, London; Geoffrey Malcolm Woollard, son, age 13, school, born Bermondsey, London; Ella Neta Woollard, daughter, age 7, school, born Bermondsey, London.

Enlisted Warley, Essex, age 18 years & 11 months, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 98lbs, requires dental treatment, chest 1½" under standard.  Resided 22, Manor Road, Colchester, Essex. Formerly window cleaner.

Home 10th May 1916 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 18th February 1917;

10th May 1916, Called up for Service; 12th May 1916, posted 12th Essex Regiment, Service No.28562.; 18th July 1916 to 26th July 1916, Military Hospital, Dovercourt, pleurisy;

1st September 1916, transferred to 25th Training Reserve Battalion; 21st September 1916, posted BEF & transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 4th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd November 1916, In the Field, reporting sick without cause, 2 days confined to Barracks; 22nd December 1916, 41 DRS ulcer right heel; 20th January 1917, rejoined Battalion, In the Field.

6th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Harry Woollard, 22, Manor Road, Colchester; Mother, Louisa Emma Woollard, 22, Manor Road, Colchester; Brothers - L W Woollard, age 28, 153 Barrack Street, Colchester; Cpl R G Woollard, age 24, 95th Battery, RFA, Charlton Park, SE; G M Woollard, 1/8th Essex Cyclist Regiment, Boyle, Ireland; Sisters - E N Woollard, age 16, 22, Manor Road, Colchester; Grandparents, none; Nephews / Nieces, none; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Chester Farm Cemetery, II. G. 8., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated Colchester War Memorial.